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Gyula A. Mago is professor emeritus of computer science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He retired in 1999, after 29 years on the faculty. Originally from Hungary, Dr. Mago received a diploma in engineering in 1962 from the Polytechnical University of Budapest, then joined its faculty as an assistant professor. He joined UNC-Chapel Hill in 1970, after receiving his Ph.D. in computer science from Cambridge University. His research interests have included computer architecture, parallel computation, and programming languages. He was one of the principal developers of the FFP machine, a small-grain parallel reduction computer that could be programmed easily and flexibly, without unduly sacrificing its performance potential. In addition to his many papers over the years, he was issued a patent, "Cellular Network of Processors" (U.S. Patent No. 4,251,861), in 1981.